Broom or mop holder.



G. G. HAKES.

BROOM OR MOP HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. ze, 1911.

1,081,381, Patented Dec. 16,1913.

INVENTOR WITNESSES "UN PATENT GEORGE GETIVIAN HAKES, OF ILION, NEW YORK.

BROOM OR MOP HOLDER.

LOSLSSL Application filed November 29, 1911.

/b all ttf/om t may Conc-eraf Be 1t known that I, GEORGE GETMAN nils, a citizen of the United States, re-

Specification of Letters Patent.

siding at lion, in the county of Herkimer y and State of New vfork, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Broom or Mop Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to holders for brooms, mops and the like.

'lhe object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, durable and eiiicient device which may be readily mounted in a kitchen or other place for the support of brooms, mops or similar articles, suspending such articles preferably from the ground against a wall.

lVith the above Aand other objects in View the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and particularly pointed out in the appended claim, it being understood that changes may be made in the form, proportion, size and minor details without departing from the spirit or sacriicing any of the advantages of the invention.

ln the drawings F igure l is an elevation of the invention secured to a supporting means illustrating the handle of a broom or mop gripped between the jaws. Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fig. 3 is a front view partly in section. F ig. e is a sectional view through the curved part of the movable jaw.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, the reference character l indicates a channeled arm formed at one end with a laterally directed extension to provide a iixed jaw 9. whose inner face at its free extremity is preferably beveled as indicated at 2. ln the body of the arm l may be formed apertures to receive screws or other suitable fastenings 3 whereby the arm may be secured to a wall or other supporting means with the channeled portion of the arm adjacentthe supporting means.

A, movable jaw et is provided and is preferably curved as indicated. This movable jaw gradually tapers from the inner to the outer edge and has its outer face, between its edges, preferably provided with teeth 5 or otherwise formed to provide a roughened outer surface for the purpose of gripping the handle G of the article supported between Patented Dec. lid, MMS.

seran No. 663,078.

the movable and fixed aws in the manner to be hereinafter explained. This movable jaw has the outer ends of its teeth 5 preferably beveled so as to give the outer edge of the movable member a beveled edge to coperate with the beveled outer end of the fixed jaw.

The movable jaw il is provided with arms i and one slightly longer than the other and which converge and terminate in a hub 8 eccentric to the are of the curved movable jaw through which hub may be passed a suitable pivot 9 which is adapted to pass into the longitudinal slot lO formed in the arm l so that the pivot and consequently the movable aw may be adjusted longitudinally of the arm l. To hold the arm firmly in adjusted positions in the slot l() the pivot 9 is preferably screw threaded at its inner end to receive a nut l1 adapted to be held against rotation in the channeled arm l by reason of the flanges of the channel engaging opposite sides of the nut.

It is preferred that the inner side edge of the movable jaw et and the arms 7 and 7 do not contact with the outer face of the arm l so that there will not be a binding engagement of the movable jaw or the arms 7-7 with the arm l upon operation of the jaw. One means for preventing binding engagement of these two elements and to hold them in spaced relation is to dispose one or more washers 12, between the hub S and the arm l as clearly shown.

rlhe curved jaw (Je is provided with upper and lower laterally directed stops 13 and let, respectively, which are adapted to engage opposite edges of the arm l so as to limit the movements of the movable jaw.

In practice the movable jaw 4l is raised and the handle 6 of the article inserted between the fixed and movable jaws. rlhe movable jaw l being eccentrically mounted falls by its own weight or gravity to clamp the handle 6 between the jaws, the engagement of the movable jaw @t with the handle 6, if serrated, facilitating a firm gripping engagement with the handle 6 and by virtue of the outer edges of both jaws being beveled the handle 6 may be readily inserted between the jaws for clamping` thereby.

What is claimed is A device of the character described comprising a channeled arm provided with a lateral extension forming a fixed jaw, said arm being also provided with a longitudinal slot,

a threaded bolt adjustable Within the slot, a with opposite sides of Channel-ed arm to i 1' nut confined within the channel of the arm limit the movement of the movable for engaging the threaded end of the bolt to n testimony whereof I aix my signature secure the latter in adjusted. positions in the in presence 0I" two Witnesses.

slot a movable jaw swininvly mounted on f T s the ,bolt for oopeiation itl the fixed jaw, GEORGE GE FMAB HAKLS and means for spacing the movable jaw from `Witnessesz the arm, the movable )aw having laterally RUDOLPH O. HORWALD, projecting lugs at its ends foi' engagement ALBERT B. LADEAU.

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